About Emily May Collis
Lived 1870 – 1903 (aged 32–33). Emily May Collis was a New Zealand photographer.
Emily May Carlisle (née Collis) was a New Zealand photographer and artist.
Biography Emily May Collis was born in 1870 to William Collis, photographer, and his wife, Mary.
Her brother William Andrew Collis was also a photographer and she was a colourist for him, notably in 1891 when she coloured his collection of Christmas cards.
Sometime later, Collis and Annie Elizabeth Davis worked together at Wrigglesworth and Binns photography studio of Wellington. In 1899, Collis and Davis opened their own photography studio, The Ridgway Studio, in Whanganui. They displayed their photographs in the front of the studio, and were particularly well known for their portraits of children. They sold the studio in 1901.
Carlisle died on 23 August 1903, possibly due to complications from childbirth.
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Who was Emily May Collis?
New Zealand photographer
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Emily May Collis was born in 1870.
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Emily May Collis died on 3 August 1903.
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Emily May Collis was a photographer.
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Emily May Collis was New Zealand.
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